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Introduction to the Devout Life — 159 episodes

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Religio Medici and Hydriotaphia-Thomas Browne

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Cloud of Unknowing-Anonymous

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Bruised Reed-Richard Sibbes

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Soul Winner's Secret-Samuel Logan Brengle

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Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars-Anonymous

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Alcibiades I-Plato (Πλάτων)

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Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark-Mary Wollstonecraft

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Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney

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Life of St. Vincent de Paul-Frances Alice Forbes

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Confessions of a Daddy-Ellis Parker Butler

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Anarchism and Other Essays-Emma Goldman

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Tales of the Five Towns-Arnold Bennett

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Age of Reason-Thomas Paine

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Practice of Perfection and Christian Virtues - First Treatise-Alphonsus Rodriguez

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Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of John Newton-John Newton

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Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on Antinomians and Neonomians-Hermann Witsius

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Prophet (version 5)-Kahlil Gibran

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History of the United States, Vol. IV The West and Jacksonian Democracy-Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard

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Love Slaves-Samuel Logan Brengle

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Bruised Reed-Richard Sibbes

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My Hunt After 'The Captain'-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

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Life of St. Vincent de Paul-Frances Alice Forbes

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Helps to Holiness-Samuel Logan Brengle

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Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages-George Hodges

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Pictures of the Apostolic Church Its Life and Teaching-William Mitchell Ramsay

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Commentary on the Epistle to the Philippians-John Calvin

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2: Lives and Deaths of Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs-Forbush, Foxe

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Moral Letters, Vol. II-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Search-Grace Livingston Hill

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Cromwell's Place in History-Samuel Rawson Gardiner

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Light of Egypt Volume II-Thomas H. Burgoyne

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So Big-Edna Ferber

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Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars-Anonymous

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Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity-John Bunyan

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Concerning Virgins-Saint Ambrose, Philip Schaff

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Christmas Bishop-Winifred M. Kirkland

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Soul Winner's Secret-Samuel Logan Brengle

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Schubert And His Works-Herbert Francis Peyser

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Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark-Mary Wollstonecraft

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120 - Part 5 Ch 18 - Three Important and Final Counsels

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119 - Part 5 Ch 17 - An Answer to Two Objections which may be made to this Book

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118 - Part 5 Ch 16 - The Impressions which should remain after this Exercise

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117 - Part 5 Ch 15 - General Affections which should result from these Considerations and Conclusion of th

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116 - Part 5 Ch 14 - The Eternal Love of God for us

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115 - Part 5 Ch 13 - The Love which Jesus Christ bears to us

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114 - Part 5 Ch 12 - The Example of the Saints

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113 - Part 5 Ch 11 - Second Considerationon the Excellence of Virtue

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112 - Part 5 Ch 10 - First Considerationof the Worth of Souls

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111 - Part 5 Ch 9 - Reflections suitable to the renewal of Good Resolutions

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110 - Part 5 Ch 8 - The Affections to be excited after such Examination

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109 - Part 5 Ch 7 - Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul

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108 - Part 5 Ch 6 - Examination of the Souls Condition as regards our Neighbour

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107 - Part 5 Ch 5 - Examination of your Condition as regards yourself

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106 - Part 5 Ch 4 - Examination of the Souls Condition as regards God

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105 - Part 5 Ch 3 - Examination of the Soul as to its Progress in the Devout Life

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104 - Part 5 Ch 2 - Meditation on the Benefit conferred on us by God in calling us to His Service

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103 - Part 5 PRACTICES FOR RENEWING AND CONFIRMING THE SOUL IN DEVOTION Ch 1 - It is well yearly to renew

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102 - Part 4 Ch 15 - An Illustration

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101 - Part 4 Ch 14 - Of Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness

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100 - Part 4 Ch 13 - Of Spiritual and Sensible Consolations and how to receive them

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099 - Part 4 Ch 12 - Of Sadness and Sorrow

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098 - Part 4 Ch 11 - Anxiety of Mind

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097 - Part 4 Ch 10 - How to strengthen the Heart against Temptation

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096 - Part 4 Ch 9 - How remedy Minor Temptations

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095 - Part 4 Ch 8 - How to resist Minor Temptations

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094 - Part 4 Ch 7 - Remedies for Great Occasions

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093 - Part 4 Ch 6 - When Temptation and Delectation are Sin

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092 - Part 4 Ch 5 - Encouragement for the Tempted Soul

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091 - Part 4 Ch 4 - Two striking Illustrations of the same

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090 - Part 4 Ch 3 - Of Temptations and the difference between experiencing them and consenting to them

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089 - Part 4 Ch 2 - The need of a Good Courage

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088 - Part 4 CONCERNING ORDINARY TEMPTATIONS - Ch 1 We must not trifle with the Words of Worldly Wisdom

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087 - Part 3 Ch 41 - One Word to Maidens

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086 - Part 3 Ch 40 - Counsels to Widows

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085 - Part 3 Ch 39 - The Sanctity of the Marriage Bed

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084 - Part 3 Ch 38 - Counsels to Married People

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083 - Part 3 Ch 37 - Of Wishes

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082 - Part 3 Ch 36 - Of a Well-Balanced Reasonable Mind

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081 - Part 3 Ch 35 - We must be Faithful in Things Great and Small

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080 - Part 3 Ch 34 - When to use such Amusements rightly

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079 - Part 3 Ch 33 - Of Balls and other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements

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078 - Part 3 Ch 32 - Of Forbidden Amusements

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077 - Part 3 Ch 31 - Of Amusements and Recreations what are allowable

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076 - Part 3 Ch 30 - Further Counsels as to Conversation

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075 - Part 3 Ch 29 - On Slander

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074 - Part 3 Ch 28 - Of Hasty Judgments

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073 - Part 3 Ch 27 - Of Unseemly Words and the Respect due to Others

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072 - Part 3 Ch 26 - Of Conversation and first how to Speak of God

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071 - Part 3 Ch 25 - On Modesty in Dress

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070 - Part 3 Ch 24 - Of Society and Solitude

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069 - Part 3 Ch 23 - On The Practice of Bodily Mortification

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068 - Part 3 Ch 22 - Further Advice concerning Intimacies

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067 - Part 3 Ch 21 - Remedies against Evil Friendships

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066 - Part 3 Ch 20 - Of the Difference between True and False Friendship

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065 - Part 3 Ch 19 - Of Real Friendship

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064 - Part 3 Ch 18 - On Frivolous Attachments

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063 - Part 3 Ch 17 - On Friendship Evil and Frivolous Friendship

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062 - Part 3 Ch 16 - How to possess a rich Spirit amid real Poverty

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061 - Part 3 Ch 15 - How to exercise real Poverty although actually Rich

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060 - Part 3 Ch 14 - On Poverty of Spirit amid Riches

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059 - Part 3 Ch 13 - How to maintain Purity

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058 - Part 3 Ch 12 - On Purity

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057 - Part 3 Ch 11 - On Obedience

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056 - Part 3 Ch 10 - We must attend to the Business of Life carefully but without Eagerness or Over-anxiet

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055 - Part 3 Ch 9 - On Gentleness towards Ourselves

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054 - Part 3 Ch 8 - Gentleness towards others and Remedies against Anger

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053 - Part 3 Ch 7 - How to combine due care for a Good Reputation with Humility

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052 - Part 3 Ch 6 - Humility makes us rejoice in our own Abjection

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051 - Part 3 Ch 5 - On Interior Humility

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050 - Part 3 Ch 4 - On Greater Humility

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049 - Part 3 Ch 3 - On Patience

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048 - Part 3 Ch 2 - The same Subject continued

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047 - Part 3 THE PRACTICE OF VIRTUE - Ch 1 - How to select that which we should chiefly Practice

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046 - Part 2 Ch 21 - How to Communicate

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045 - Part 2 Ch 20 - Of Frequent Communion

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044 - Part 2 Ch 19 - On Confession

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043 - Part 2 Ch 18 - How to receive Inspirations

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042 - Part 2 Ch 17 - How to Hear and Read Gods Word

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041 - Part 2 Ch 16 - How the Saints are united to us

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040 - Part 2 Ch 15 - Of the other Public Offices of the Church

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039 - Part 2 Ch 14 - Of Holy Communion and how to join in it

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038 - Part 2 Ch 13 - Aspirations Ejaculatory Prayer and Holy Thoughts

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037 - Part 2 Ch 12 - On Spiritual Retirement

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036 - Part 2 Ch 11 - Evening Prayer and Examination of Conscience

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035 - Part 2 Ch 10 - Morning Prayer

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034 - Part 2 Ch 9 - Concerning Dryness in Meditation

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033 - Part 2 Ch 8 - Some Useful Hints as to Meditation

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032 - Part 2 Ch 7 - The Conclusion and Spiritual Bouquet

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031 - Part 2 Ch 6 - The Third Part of Meditation Affections and Resolutions

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030 - Part 2 Ch 5 - Considerations the Second Part of Meditation

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029 - Part 2 Ch 4 - the Third Point of Preparation representing the Mystery to be meditated to Your Imagin

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028 - Part 2 Ch 3 - Invocation the Second Point of Preparation

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027 - Part 2 Ch 2 - A short Method of Meditation And first the Presence of God the First Point of Preparat

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026 - Part 2 COUNCILS ON THE NECESSITY OF UPLIFTING THE SOUL TO GOD - Ch 1 - The Necessity of Prayer

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025 - Part 1 Ch 24 - All Evil Inclinations must be purged away

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024 - Part 1 Ch 23 - It is needful to put away all Inclination for Useless and Dangerous Things

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023 - Part 1 Ch 22 - The Necessity of Purging away all tendency to Venial Sins

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022 - Part 1 Ch 21 - Conclusion of this First Purification

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021 - Part 1 Ch 20 - A hearty Protest made with the object of confirming the Souls resolution to serve God

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020 - Part 1 Ch 19 - How to make a General Confession

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019 - Part 1 Ch 18 - Tenth Meditation - How the Soul chooses the Devout Life

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018 - Part 1 Ch 17 - Ninth Meditation - On the Choice Between Heaven and Hell

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017 - Part 1 Ch 16 - Eighth Meditation - On Paradise

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016 - Part 1 Ch 15 - Seventh Meditation - Of Hell

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015 - Part 1 Ch 14 - Sixth Meditation - Of Judgment

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014 - Part 1 Ch 13 Fifth Meditation - Of Death

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013 - Part 1 Ch 12 Fourth Meditation- On Sin

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012 - Part 1 Ch 11 Third Meditation - On the Gifts of God

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011 - Part 1 Ch 10 Second Meditation-Of the End for which we were Created

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010 - Part 1 Ch 9 First Meditation Of the End for which we were Created

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009 - Part 1 Ch 8 How to effect this Second Purification

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008 - Part 1 Ch 7 The Second Purification from all Sinful Affections

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007 - Part 1 Ch 6 The First Purification namely from Mortal Sin

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006 - Part 1 Ch 5 The First Step must be Purifying the Soul

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005 - Part 1 Ch 4The Need of a Guide for those who would enter upon and advance in the Devout Life

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004 - Part 1 Ch 3 Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and Profession

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003 - Part 1 Ch 2 The Nature and Excellence of Devotion

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002 - Part I COUNSELS FOR THE SOUL'S GUIDANCE Ch 1 What True Devotion is

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001 - Preface by the Author